Francis Xavier Lasance

The Reverend Francis Xavier Lasance [F. X. Lasance] (born January 24, 1860; died December 11, 1946) was an American priest and noted writer of Roman Catholic devotional works.

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he was educated at Xavier College (Cincinnati) and St. Meinrad Archabbey (Indiana), and was ordained by the Most Reverend William Henry Elder, Archbishop of Cincinnati.

During the next seven years, Lasance served as curate in various parishes in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Ill health forced him to relinquish parish work in 1890; from then on he lived a "retired, semi-invalid existence," writing various books on spiritual subjects. He penned some thirty volumes, including "Thoughts on the Religious Life" (1907), "My Prayer-Book" (1913), "Reflections for Religious" (1920), "Our Lady Book" (1924), and "The New Roman Missal" (1937, with the Reverend Father Augustine Walsh, OSB).

Father Lasance died at the age of eighty-six, in his native city.

References

* "New Catholic Encyclopedia", 1967.